Is love a compulsion or persuasion?— When not answered via a mystifying tunnel vision

Written by Hritam SahaLove means an intense feeling of affection and therefore, it is abstract. However, there are ways to express one's love towards another. Is sexual intercourse the ultimate way of expressing one's love to another? If yes, then why 'having sex' and 'making love' are different from each other. The former only fulfills physical urges while the latter interweaves two souls.Ancient past says that every man is allowed to have sex with a woman who has the potential of giving birth. Even if that woman is married but her husband is not with her, all the men are allowed to have sex with her. The rationale behind a woman 'open for all men' was— a woman, by not giving birth, shall not waste her fertility period. However, the present prescribes that 'people' should have sexual intercourse only after getting married, and it perhaps sounds more liberal and civilized, firstly, for its nondiscrimination between a man and a woman as it uses a gender-neutral word 'people' and secondly the 'open for all men scheme' is now been buried. Now, one can argue about live-in relationships which some sarcastically identify as hire and purchase agreement as they say that— firstly, two people hire each other to understand their togetherness’s merits and demerits thereafter if they find each other suitable then only they will purchase each other by marrying.

'Age of Information and Age of Choices'

A few days back, in an attempt to reduce the number of times I reach out to the mobile phone involuntarily, I set up a timer for the screen time of WhatsApp. For now, it is working. Most of us have enough anecdotal stories of our attempts to reduce the infinite scrolling and browsing, with spectacular failures, moderate successes and everything in between.

प्रियंका गांधी उत्तर प्रदेश में हासिल क्या करना चाहती हैं

40 फीसदी महिला उम्मीदवारों को टिकट, बारहवीं में पढ़ने वाली हर लड़की को स्मार्टफोन , अंडरग्रेजुएट प्रोग्राम में दाखिला लेने वाली लड़कियों को स्कूटी, महिलाओं को हर साल तीन मुफ्त गैस सिलेंडर, सरकारी बसों में मुफ्त यात्रा, ये वो कुछ महत्वपूर्ण और बड़े वादे हैं जो उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले कांग्रेस महासचिव प्रियंका गांधी वाड्रा ने महिलाओं के लिए अलग से जारी किए गए 'शक्ति विधान' घोषणापत्र के जरिए किए, हैं.

Two nation theory

Guha has insightfully pointed to the irony in India’s espousal of the two nation theory in the practice of the ruling regime. We were strong in our commitment to a secular polity and state even in the aftermath of partition. Bangladesh fares better in that the ruling party condemns attacks on minorities though it continues to be a Islamic state.

Tributes to Sher e Bangla AK Fazlul Huq, on the Golden Jubilee of the Independence of Bangladesh

“When the tiger arrives, the lamb must give away”, Jinnah commented while making way for Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq, enter the hall, to address the All India Muslim League to present Lahore Resolution. Sher-e-Bangla was a visionary leader, lawyer, orator and patriotic politician. He was the mentor for many subsequent political leaders in this region. He always stood beside down-trodden people from the very early stage of his career. Haq always wanted emancipation of down-trodden people of Bengal exploited by Calcutta based Zamindars/elites. Political affiliation was not important for him but when Dhaka Nawab Kawaja Salimulla dragged him into politics while launching the Muslim League (ML) in 1906, Haq gladly accepted it as it was a win-win situation. Huq accepted to support ML to help the peasantry of the East Bengal Asam region, to free them from Zamindars most of whom lived in W Bengal. He needed a platform to work for the people, so existing parties attracted him. He was first elected to Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1913 and also became secretary of the Bengal Provincial Muslim League in the same year, with which actually his political career started in full swing. In 1916, Huq was elected president of the All India Muslim League (1916-1922). He is the only person in South-Asian history to concurrently hold the presidency of the Muslim League and the General Secretary's position in Congress. Nehru was his political secretary between 1918 and 1919. In 1940, Huq was selected by the All India Muslim League to formally present the Lahore Resolution, which envisaged ‘independent States’ in the eastern and north-western parts of India.